California Light: The Connecticut Cooperative Post-Adoption Agreement
Can a child have three parents? In California she sure can. This week the New York Times published an article about a California bill just signed by Gov. Jerry Brown. The new law allows the courts to recognize situations when a child has three or more legal parents. This has implications for same sex couples, because of […]
Meghan Freed Quoted in Connecticut Law Tribune Article Paying Tribute to LGBT Lawyer Irene C. Olszewski
Meghan Freed was interviewed for a recent Connecticut Law Tribune article entitled “Colleagues Offer Sad Farewell to Attorney Known for LGBT Work,” which paid tribute to Irene C. Olszewski, one of the first lawyers in Connecticut to focus on matters that affect gay, lesbian, bisexual and
Freed Marcroft Lawyer Quoted in Connecticut Law Tribune Article on New LGBT Section of the Connecticut Bar Association
Kristen Marcroft and Meghan Freed are founders and sit on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Bar Association’s new LGBT Section. Meghan was recently quoted in a Connecticut Law Tribune article about the section, entitled “New LGBT Section Contributes to Diversity.” Full article here: http://www.ctlawtribune.com/PubArticleCT.jsp?id=1202610764877
Freed Marcroft Called by WNPR’s Where We Live to Comment on Breaking United States Supreme Court Decision on Same Sex Marriage
Meghan Freed was called by WNPR’s Where We Live to comment as news broke of that the United States Supreme Court decision in United States v. Windsor. The Court held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which restricted the federal interpretation of “marriage” and “spouse” to apply only to heterosexual unions, […]
On the (Maybe) Eve of the Supreme Court’s DOMA Decision: Love and Marriage and Prenups
I (Meghan) find myself, on what could be the eve of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Windsor (the case which will likely determine the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”)), drafting a prenuptial agreement in advance of a same sex couple’s wedding. The timing of this agreement reminds me, […]
Meghan Freed’s Interview in “Gay Business and Marketing”
Jenn T. Grace from Gay Business and Marketing and the author of But You Don’t Look Gay put together a series of thirty interviews with LGBT business leaders. (LGBT stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.) She is uploading one each day in June, and today is my (Meghan’s) day. Jenn and I discussed everything from the joy that our […]
March Madness: The Same Sex Marriage Edition
One of the things I miss about working in a large law firm is a robust and festive March Madness pool. (Remembering that the last time I was in a large Connecticut firm, the UConn men were contenders with fewer academic “struggles.” The UConn women, of course, were as outstanding both on the court and in the classroom […]
Love and Taxes
As followers of Freed Marcroft’s Facebook page are well aware, this week the United States Supreme Court is set to hear arguments of two landmark cases impacting the rights of same sex couples in America — Hollingsworth v. Perry on Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage initiative in California, and Windsor v. United States on the federal Defense of Marriage […]
Meghan Freed’s Appearance on the Colin McEnroe Show
Meghan was a guest on the Colin McEnroe Show’s episode “Divorce in 2013,” discussing the latest issues in Connecticut matrimonial law, and in particular how they relate to same sex couples and their families. Full audio available here: http://www.yourpublicmedia.org/node/24662
Love and Marriage
Although we spend a significant amount of our practice devoted to helping clients end their marriages as civilly, healthfully, and respectfully as possible, Freed Marcroft loves love. And, we love that the Illinois Senate chose Valentine’s Day as the day to hold a vote approving marriage equality. Same sex marriage is not yet legal in Illinois, the House […]
